"Report to the Supervisor, General Chang Deng of the left navy has been captured alive by our army!" Zeng Ying's excited report came from the intercom on the ship.

Zhu Yuyao was standing on the roof of the second floor of the imperial ship at this time. Although she could clearly see the situation of the water battle on the front line with her telescope, she couldn't help but feel happy when she heard the news about the capture of the left naval commander alive.

"Okay!" Her voice was clear and bright, "Zeng Qing, tell the soldiers to pursue the victory and defeat the left navy in one fell swoop!"

"As you command!"

Then Zhu Ainao said again: "Red Lady, Yang Zhan listens to the order!"

"I'm here!"

"You will cooperate with the navy on the south bank to march north to Jinkou Town. You must occupy the water village on the left and the Jinkou Town Pier."

"As you command!"

Following Zhu Yuluo's order, not only did the Yangtze River Navy pursue the left navy more rapidly, but Yang Zhan, the red lady who had been waiting for a long time, also took action.

In the past three days, Zhu Yuluo did not wait foolishly, but made many preparations.

One of them was to let Lady Hong lead the first town of the Imperial Guard, the third town of the Border Guards, and Yang Zhan to lead the fourth town of the Border Guards to camp near the Yangtze River on the border between Jiayu County and Jiangxia County in the north.

As for the Second Town of the Guards led by Liu Wenxiu, they are sticking to Jiayu County, because before the dust of this battle settles, the Jiayu County dock and the county seat are still the temporary base camp of Zhu Ayao.

As for Zhu Yuluo's safety, the Imperial Forest Army is responsible for it.

Of course, Zhu Aolao did not keep all the imperial guards by her side.

For example, the elite cavalry of the Thousand Valor Cavalry Battalion led by Ai Nengqi was put off the ship by her a few days ago.

After all, the cavalry would be uncomfortable if they stayed on the ship and had no use for them.

Fortunately, some people said that if Ma stayed on the ship for a long time, she would easily get sick.

In addition, cavalry and war horses need time to recover after disembarking from the ship. Now that a few days have passed, they should be almost recovered.

Although Jiangxia has many rivers, lakes and dense water networks, which are not suitable for cavalry, a thousand fine cavalry can still be very intimidating when used in charging formations under certain circumstances.

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"Is Chang Deng defeated like this?"

On the boat of Liu Bai Liao Shuai, Zuo Mengeng held a telescope and looked at the scene on the river where the left navy was defeated and fled, but was still being chased by the Yangtze River navy. He couldn't help but murmured, not wanting to believe the facts for a moment.

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Even if the facts are right in front of you.

Xu Ensheng advised: "Little Marquis, before the enemy troops come to kill you, quickly order the navy's rear troops to retreat.

Otherwise, if the enemy navy comes over and kills us, we won't be able to escape."

Zuo Mengeng came back to his senses, but shook his head and said: "No! We still have hundreds of warships, and the 600-material ship I am on has not yet been dispatched.

General Xu, go and take command, take advantage of the opportunity when the enemy navy is mixed with our warships in front, surround them, and fight with all the troops, we will definitely turn defeat into victory!"

Xu Ensheng wanted to curse after hearing this.

Damn it, if you still want to turn defeat into victory, is there something wrong with Zuo Mengeng’s head?

Cursing like this in his heart, he continued to persuade him, "Little Marquis, we really can't fight anymore. Except for the 600-material warship Xiao Marquis, our navy's rear army is all civilian ships. Where can I find it?"

Is it a match for enemy warships?

Besides, didn’t you see just now? Our warriors who jumped onto the enemy ship disappeared without even raising a splash, which shows that the enemy is very strong in close combat!"

Zuo Mengeng, on the other hand, became red-eyed at the loss.

It’s not that Zuo Menggen is so conceited or arrogant, in fact, before the war, Xu Ensheng often told him that he was very sure of winning this battle, and even described for him the wonderful scene of capturing the prison princess alive after the victory, which made him

Expectations are too high.

It is said that the higher the expectations, the greater the psychological gap will be when the results are not satisfactory, and the more unacceptable it will be.

I saw him pulling out his saber, pointing at Xu Ensheng and shouting: "Xu Ensheng, I am the coach, how dare you disobey my orders?!"

If Xu Ensheng was just a warlord subordinate to Zuo Liangyu, no one would be interested in Zuo Mengeng.

But he was Zuo Liangyu's direct subordinate, and he really didn't dare to do anything excessive when Zuo Liangyu was alive.

He looked at Zuo Mengeng's red eyes, and then at the defeated warships in front of him that had begun to attack the navy's rear ships. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll take command!"

After saying that, the messengers on the 600-man ship kept waving the flags and delivering orders to all parties.

The soldiers and horses accompanying Zuo Menggeng in the battle this time were all elites from the left. Therefore, even though the front army of the navy was defeated, the rear army still carried out the commander's order after hearing it.

Not only because I dare not disobey the commander's orders, but also because the battle ahead does look a bit "anxious".

Moreover, the Yangtze River Navy's guns and artillery before were too powerful. According to the thinking of the late Ming Dynasty, the guns and artillery must have poor close combat capabilities.

Therefore, like Zuo Menggeng, there were actually quite a few generals from the left who thought they could take advantage of the opportunity and gather all the troops to engage in a battle to make a comeback.

As a result, the left naval division led by Zuo Mengeng immediately went into action.

But it was of no use.

On the river, hundreds of civilian ships were seen rushing towards the river along with the tall and handsome ships, where the Yangtze River Navy was fighting the remaining warships of Chang Deng's command.

However, before they even got close, they fired two rounds of live shelling. Immediately, many civilian boats were damaged and capsized, or had to move closer to the shore.

After that, it was poisonous smoke and bombs again.

Zuo Mengeng covered his mouth and nose with a wet wipe, his tears still irritated by the chili smoke and his nose was flowing horizontally.

Fortunately, he was standing on the roof of the handsome ship, and the poisonous smoke dissipated quickly, allowing him to regain his normal vision first.

Looking forward, he panicked.

"The enemy's strange iron ships are coming! Stop them quickly, stop them!"

Most of the other low civilian ships around the handsome ship were still shrouded in poisonous smoke at this time, and few of them paid any attention to Zuo Mengeng's words.

On the entire river, the left navy's own ships were in chaos, and there was no need for the Yangtze River navy to attack.

Just like that, the two steel-armored battleships commanded by Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai rushed directly to both sides of Commander Zuo Menggeng's ship.

Then he repeated his old tricks. First, he used numerous squatting cannons and muskets to tilt the fire, suppress it, and kill the elite soldiers on the left side of the handsome ship. Then he took the opportunity to use the hook and the gangway to board the handsome ship.

Although the poisonous smoke did not dissipate at this time, the soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy were all equipped with wet gauze towels that could cover their entire faces, and they were always upwind and were minimally affected.

In addition, the short-term soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy are also selected from the elite soldiers of the Imperial Guard and the Border Guards.

Although they dare not wear steel plate armor in water battles, they all wear fine leather armor.

Equipped with sharp swords and the cooperation of musketeers, as soon as they boarded Zuo Mengeng's handsome ship, they were outnumbered and killed and wounded the left elite soldiers on the handsome ship, and retreated.

Although Li Zhanchun and Yu Dahai guarded their respective steel-armored warships and did not rush to kill him, they both shouted loudly on the deck: "Listen up, capture Zuo Mengeng alive!"

As Li Zhanchun and generals like Yu Dahai who had reached the rank of general, they all knew the purpose of Zhu Yurao's battle, so they naturally understood the importance of capturing Zuo Mengeng alive.

Zuo Mengeng, who was still staying on the roof of the second floor of Shuai Chuan, was already scared. Now he heard private shouts of "capture Zuo Mengeng alive" and became even more frightened.

He wanted to jump into the river to escape.

However, although he knew how to swim, at this time, civilian boats were constantly being destroyed and sunk on the river. There were also arrows, bullets, and cannonballs falling on the river. The dangers were so great that he did not dare to jump in to fight for his life.

Seeing that he was at the end of his rope, Zuo Mengeng wanted to seek help from Xu Ensheng.

After searching for a while, they finally found Xu Ensheng, but when they saw him leading a group of soldiers, they dropped their weapons and surrendered!

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Jiangxia County.

Although Zuo Liangyu was seriously ill, he still dragged his illness and personally sat in the west gate tower of Jiangxia City.

For some reason, he has been feeling uneasy since his son Zuo Mengeng left today to join the Navy.

Then I thought of sitting on the west city gate tower and waiting for the military information from the front line.

Zuo Liangyu originally thought that he would have to wait until the sun reached its zenith before he could wait for the outcome of the war.

After all, both sides have more than 300 warships, so the fight will definitely be very exciting. Most likely, after a few rounds of back and forth, one side will gain a clear advantage and then take advantage of the situation to defeat the other side.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the hour (10 a.m.), there were sentry riders galloping from the direction of Jinkou Town.
Chapter completed!